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Marine Officers As Officers of the Deck

AFTER the successful operation for more than a year on board of the flagship of the United States Atlantic Fleet, where a Marine officer has been serving as senior watch in port to the satisfaction of higher authority, the following order was issued by the Commander-in-chief of the Atlantic Fleet, under date of April 20, 1918:

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UNITED STATES ATLANTIC FLEET,

U. S. S. Pennsylvania, Flagship,

20 April, 1918.

From : COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.

To: BATTLESHIP FORCE Two,

BATTLESHIP DIVISION NINE,

CRUISER FORCE.

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